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Linking household survey and administrative record data: what should the matching variables be?

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dc.creator Jenkins, Stephen P.
dc.creator Lynn, Peter
dc.creator Jäckle, Annette
dc.creator Sala, Emanuela
dc.date 2005
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:59:33Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:59:33Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/18340
dc.identifier ppn:491222068
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/18340
dc.description Linkages of household survey responses with administrative data may be based on unique individual identifiers or on survey respondent characteristics. The benefits gained from using unique identifiers need to be assessed in the light of potential problems such as non-response and measurement error. We report on a study that linked survey responses to UK government agency records on benefits and tax credits in five different ways. One matched on a respondent- supplied National Insurance Number and the other four used different combinations of sex, name, address, and date of birth. As many linkages were made using matches on sex, date of birth, and post-code, or on sex, date of birth, first name and family name, as were made using matches on self-reported National Insurance Number, and the former were also relatively accurate when assessed in terms of false positive and false negative rates. The five independent matching exercises also shed light on the potential returns from hierarchical and pooled matching.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) Berlin
dc.relation DIW-Diskussionspapiere 489
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject record linkage
dc.subject matching
dc.subject National Insurance number
dc.subject measurement error
dc.title Linking household survey and administrative record data: what should the matching variables be?
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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